2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs Australia
{{date|April 13, 2007}}

[[w:Australia national cricket team|Australia]] beat [[w:Ireland cricket team|Ireland]] by 9 wickets in the Super 8 phase in the [[w:2007 Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] at the [[w:Kensington Oval|Kensington Oval]], [[w:Bridgetown|Bridgetown]], [[w:Barbados|Barbados]].

Australia are now assured of a place in the semi-finals of the World Cup, the first team to achieve as such in this year's competition, having bowled Ireland out in just 3 hours, and swiftly hit the 92 required in under an hour: finishing the match before the lunch break.

The out of form [[w:Michael Hussey|Mike Hussey]] was pushed up the order in place of [[w:Matthew Hayden|Matthew Hayden]] to get some time at the crease, and posted his highest score of the World Cup with 30*.

'''Toss: ''' Australia won, and elected to field first.

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{{Cricket match box end}}

'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-2 (Bray, 1.0 ov), 2-2 (Porterfield, 3.1 ov), 3-2 (Niall O'Brien, 3.2 ov), 4-12 (Morgan, 4.3 ov), 5-32 (White, 10.3 ov), 6-42 (Kevin O'Brien, 13.2 ov), 7-54 (Johnston, 16.3 ov), 9-80 (Langford-Smith, 23.1 ov), 10-91 (Mooney, 30.0 ov)

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{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Stuart Clark|Stuart Clark]]|overs=8|maiden=1|runs=19|wickets=1|econ=2.37}}
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{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Andrew Symonds|Andrew Symonds]]|overs=3|maiden=1|runs=7|wickets=1|econ=2.33}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

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{{Cricket match box end}}

'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-62 (Gilchrist, 8.5 ov)

'''Did not bat:''' [[w:Matthew Hayden|Matthew Hayden]],  [[w:Ricky Ponting|Ricky Ponting]], [[w:Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]], [[w:Brad Hodge|Brad Hodge]], [[w:Brad Hogg|Brad Hogg]], [[w:Stuart Clark|Stuart Clark]], [[w:Shaun Tait|Shaun Tait]], [[w:Glenn McGrath|Glenn McGrath]]

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title=[[Image:Flag of Ireland cricket team.svg|20px]] [[w:Ireland cricket team|Ireland bowling]]}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Dave Langford-Smith|Dave Langford-Smith]]|overs=3|maiden=0|runs=27|wickets=0|econ=9.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Boyd Rankin|Boyd Rankin]]|overs=4.2|maiden=0|runs=24|wickets=0|econ=5.53}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Trent Johnston|Trent Johnston]]|overs=3|maiden=0|runs=18|wickets=1|econ=6.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:John Mooney (cricketer)|John Mooney]]|overs=1|maiden=0|runs=14|wickets=0|econ=14.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Kyle McCallan|Kyle McCallan]]|overs=1|maiden=0|runs=5|wickets=0|econ=5.00}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

'''Australia:''' [[w:Adam Gilchrist|A C Gilchrist]] (wkt), [[w:Matthew Hayden|M L Hayden]],  [[w:Ricky Ponting|R T Ponting]] (capt), [[w:Michael Clarke (cricketer)|M J Clarke]], [[w:Andrew Symonds|A Symonds]], [[w:Michael Hussey|M E K Hussey]], [[w:Brad Hodge|B J Hodge]], [[w:Brad Hogg|G B Hogg]], [[w:Stuart Clark|S R Clark]], [[w:Shaun Tait|S W Tait]], [[w:Glenn McGrath|G D McGrath]]<br>
'''Ireland:''' [[w:Jeremy Bray (cricketer)|J P Bray]], [[w:William Porterfield|W T S Porterfield]], [[w:Eoin Morgan|E J G Morgan]], [[w:Niall O'Brien (cricketer)|N J O'Brien]] (wkt), [[w:Andrew White (cricketer)|A R White]], [[w:John Mooney (cricketer)|J F Mooney]], [[w:Kevin O'Brien (cricketer)|K J O'Brien]],  [[w:Kyle McCallan|W K McCallan]], [[w:Trent Johnston|D T Johnston]] (capt), [[w:Dave Langford-Smith|D Langford-Smith]], [[w:Boyd Rankin|W B Rankin]]

'''Player of the match:''' [[w:Glenn McGrath|G D McGrath]] (Australia)

Umpires: [[w:Billy Bowden|B F Bowden]] (New Zealand) and [[w:Rudi Koertzen|R E Koertzen]] (South Africa)<br>
TV umpire: [[w:Steve Bucknor|SA Bucknor]] (West Indies)<br>
Match referee: [[w:Ranjan Madugalle|R S Madugalle]] (Sri Lanka)<br>
Reserve umpire: [[w:Simon Taufel|S J A Taufel]] (Australia)<br>

== Sources ==
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[[Category:2007 Cricket World Cup]]
Australia beat Ireland by 9 wickets in the Super 8 phase in the World Cup at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.

Australia are now assured of a place in the semi-finals of the World Cup, the first team to achieve as such in this year's competition, having bowled Ireland out in just 3 hours, and swiftly hit the 92 required in under an hour: finishing the match before the lunch break.

The out of form Mike Hussey was pushed up the order in place of Matthew Hayden to get some time at the crease, and posted his highest score of the World Cup with 30*.

'Toss: ' Australia won, and elected to field first.

'Fall of wickets:' 1-2 (Bray, 1.0 ov), 2-2 (Porterfield, 3.1 ov), 3-2 (Niall O'Brien, 3.2 ov), 4-12 (Morgan, 4.3 ov), 5-32 (White, 10.3 ov), 6-42 (Kevin O'Brien, 13.2 ov), 7-54 (Johnston, 16.3 ov), 9-80 (Langford-Smith, 23.1 ov), 10-91 (Mooney, 30.0 ov)

'Fall of wickets:' 1-62 (Gilchrist, 8.5 ov)

'Did not bat:' Matthew Hayden,  Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, Stuart Clark, Shaun Tait, Glenn McGrath

'Australia:' A C Gilchrist (wkt), M L Hayden,  R T Ponting (capt), M J Clarke, A Symonds, M E K Hussey, B J Hodge, G B Hogg, S R Clark, S W Tait, G D McGrath
'Ireland:' J P Bray, W T S Porterfield, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), A R White, J F Mooney, K J O'Brien,  W K McCallan, D T Johnston (capt), D Langford-Smith, W B Rankin

'Player of the match:' G D McGrath (Australia)

Umpires: B F Bowden (New Zealand) and R E Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire: SA Bucknor (West Indies)
Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire: S J A Taufel (Australia)
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